THIS IS A MANGA ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS ANYTHING BEYOND THIS CHAPTER.
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Okay okay, while I haven't read this yet, I'm just making this thread in advance because this is the final chapter according to MAL, the last chapter came out 2 days ago. Instead of making a new thread about it or posting in an old one I just made this.

Wahhh, so it's finishing, I hope it's a spectacular ending. Might read the last 5 odd chapters in a row once it's released in English. Won't go too far back, I have a habit of remembering really good earlier parts to start off at if I start going back to look. , then the next thing you know I'm back at the late 80's or something. The idea already sounds appealing haha. XD

Such a bittersweet ending, well at lest the trio reunites in the end, gil is like the hachiko of PH waiting 100 years for his friends. Pretty sad that oz and alice don't rmb everything, luckily their memories will come back over time. Jun trolling us with Vincent and Ada T.T, rip vincent. Overall 10/10 for this series, 8 years of following this series and I can happily say that I loved every part of it, although I would have preferred a happier ending, but still it's one of the best ending I have ever had the pleasure of reading, tons of other manga disappoint with their ending but I am glad to say pandora hearts did not. Can't wait for jun next work, maybe we will get an afterstory on pandora hearts with oz and Alice finally kissing, well at lest Oz and Alice is canon. Anyone who may yet to read PH, I would strongly advise u to, its one of the top manga ever made.

I just read the summary, as there is no translation yet, and I don't know japanese. I'm crying so bad. I was so sad that Oz had to disappear, I really hoped for him to get a body of his own and be able to live normal life.

And that last few pages. OMG. I'm so crying. The feels, people, the feels.

Disappear. This chair is an eyesore. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair.

So many amazing characters died in this chapter, added with the number of character deaths throughout the whole manga, Pandora Hearts has the biggest number of character deaths in any manga/anime I have ever read.

Sharon and Reim married-That was unexpected.

Gilbert waited a 100 years to meet Oz and Alice again, talk about patient. Though he won't live long after their reunion though.

5/5 for this chapter.
10/10 for the entire manga. It truly was a masterpiece.

At the begging of the chapter I was scared that the end would be the same as in Alice in Wonderland; that Oz dreamed everything or something similar, but I'm glad it didn't.
This is really one amazing manga. I only wish for anime remake to come out, that would be dream come true.

So it finally ended.
Geez, I feel so emotional talking about it, since this was the manga I've been reading for the longest. It all started back in 2010 and now I feel so sad and bittersweet, I feel like crying T^T
So, basically everything is back to normal, Gilbert had to wait a 100 years for Alice and Oz to return, none of my ships happened as per usual, Rufus never tied the knot with Sheryl but he was very happy till the end, Sharon and Reim got married and Vince died too T.T

Disappear. This chair is an eyesore. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair. This chair.

For me the ending was just perfect. I think Mochijun balanced sad and happy elements very well so the ending left me feeling bittersweet.
Actually, the final chapter was better than I ever imagined. I was kind of afraid Mochijun would make it a generic happy ending (though when I think about it now, why would she? she never had problems with killing her characters off, which I really respect her for). But that was just absolutely gorgerous.
Great job, Mochijun. I'm interested to see what she'll do next, although I'm sad PH is over.

I've never given a manga a rating of 10/10 before and while there were somethings that bugged me like Alice's character degrading and some melodrama here and there I can't find too much that really did bothered me about this series.

the tears roll over my cheeks. One after another one moisten my skin, continue to roll down till they fall onto my bed... drop....drop.. I don't know if it's from sadness and mourning... or from pain and hurting, I don't know... maybe from satisfaction... but it could also be frustration. As well as it could be happiness lightening my heart could it be from nostalgic feelings destroying and dwelling inside of me

what is it
What am I feeling...what did move my heart soo soo much?
What kind of feeling is it... I can't sort it in...
To be honest it's somewhat ridiculous to have a feeling like this over a drawn story...but I can't stop it from happening...

well I guess this is just my favorite manga for me... just read the last chapter now... I don't know what it is that I'm feeling... but it moved me soo hard... so deep... like no story before for a long time...especially the last chapter now haaah...

The times of reading this manga the last 2 1/2 years... has been the best time of my life... This story, these twists, these characters...they are awesome. Mochizuki... you are a legend

I'm actually really satisfied with the end even though I try to sort my feelings in. This ending was amazing. I wish more storywriters - not just in manga but generally - could pull so emotionally moving endings off.
10²²²²²/10 xD

Also this explains the retrace... Alice and oz have to retrace the whole story after the end to get to know again what happened before due to losing their memory.
weird but soo awesome and completely different from what I thought in the beginning what the retrace meant. Mochizuki you troll xD

Well, back when I started reading it I expected a bit more psychodelic adventure, considering this is heavily inspired by the Alice in wonderland..

Somehow the mix of bitterness and sweetness here seems just wrong..

It's one of those mangas, which are realy made by the book top notch, but it lacked the soul, so to say..
The feelings are just being forced on you heavily without a worthy build up.

The characters never realy got much background.. at least nothing to make them realy stand out or to make you care for them..

Can't realy say it lacks quality though - the plot was solid, some minor twists here and there kept you from being bored, so I guess it worked out just fine in the end, but nothing as amazing, as people exaggerated when recommending this for sure.

But still out of good side - it's a realy mature shounen you can suggest to the younger auditory. It just felt like it would have been better presented as seinen with a slightly darker atmosphere.

Absolutely resonated with me. This ending made me want to cry and yet, I wouldn't trade it for anything else.

That tea party was so nostalgic. I knew Mochizuki-sensei was a troll. It was too good to be true.

The first teardrop rolled when Cheshire reunited with Alyss and departed.

Rufus! I actually almost forgot about him...my bad. My man his re-entrance was satisfying.

The second teardrop rolled when Oz and Alice said goodbye and disappeared. And before, the most anime and manga have ever gotten out of me was a teary eye so this is a big deal to me T_T

Heh. Sharon and Reim? I did not expect that. But I suppose that he is the 2nd best choice considering that Break is dead. It's also sad to see that Vincent x Ada couldn't happen but he had a sound reason. I think what matters though is that they lived their lives in peace and happiness.

Gil told Vincent that he would soon die along with him.

"But...that would be disappointing...after all...I did"
I was wondering what Vincent meant by that until Oz and Alice came in. So somehow someway it was actually Vincent who managed to bring back Oz and Alice. But that won't be explained as anything other than a "miracle." I definitely like Vincent way more after this chapter alone :)

That Welcome Back was so perfectly heartwarming. Thank you, Mochizuki, for not giving one of my favorite manga an over-generic and cheesy ending.

Losig777 said:Also this explains the retrace... Alice and oz have to retrace the whole story after the end to get to know again what happened before due to losing their memory.
weird but soo awesome and completely different from what I thought in the beginning what the retrace meant. Mochizuki you troll xD

Damn these tears coming out from my eyes:( This chapter is really emotional and very beautifully delivered. It was really nice to see Elliot, Break, Oscar, and Echo reunited at the tea party and Oz being acknowledged by his father for the first time (although it was all a dream). I'm happy that everyone else got their own happy or rather bittersweet ending and that Gil, Oz, and Alice reunion too at the end though T^T

Overall, Pandora Hearts is really incredible (art, story, and characters wise) and it's sad that not many people knew about this wonderful series. I'm really hoping for an anime reboot now that source material has ended (by different studio that is). Thank you so much for the past 9 years Mochizuki-sensei! I'm looking forward to you next work.

Yeah it's like: the whole time you read you think the retrace is about the tragedy of sablier and alice without memories of her past and retracing all of that in the manga.
But then in the end I was like:
The retrace actually is alice and oz who got back from the core without their memory and they retrace their steps and their friendship and their meetings with all these people from the 100 years prior to the end. So they actually also read the story if you think about it like that xD
and then I was like "whoa mochizuki... you really planned this amazing story out from the very beginning. It's even clearer now. The retrace is the biggest proof from all of them."
The end is the beginning again... I love it when mangaka/authors/storywriters draw a connection back to the start of the story. That gives this "I thought about my story"-feeling for the reader.

Hats off for creating such an awesome story (again. Same with crimson shell) without any filler at all and hats off for planning out this whole story from beginning to end beforehand.

That was quite a good ending, I enjoyed it, not really as heart-breaking as I thought it would be.

Losig777 said:The retrace actually is alice and oz who got back from the core without their memory and they retrace their steps and their friendship and their meetings with all these people from the 100 years prior to the end. So they actually also read the story if you think about it like that xD

Nice, interesting explaination :D It's definitely a well-thought over story, but still not a masterpiece for me, I don't feel emotionally connected to the characters, shamefully. Maybe I'll re-read this in the future, for now it's 7,5/10.

This ending had everything, I mean everything retraced and reconnected in some way, touching on each character's journey and what their journey meant to the story.

I loved how the ending was told by Gilbert. And out of everything, what got me the most was Vincent's "I'm glad to have been here". Considering how much I disliked his character for a long time, the path it took to that statement at the end might be what defines this series the most for me(especially the fact that even though he said that and that he'd lived the past four years for himself, he spent that time bringing Oz and Alice back for Gilbert's sake)

I feel like the only thing missing was some sort of resolution between Oz and Alice considering the early arcs were very heavy on developing their bond, but I also feel like the story did such a great job developing that bond that the way the two of them journeyed off together, as if it were only natural, was the perfect way to close the book on them.

Same with their farewell and return to Gilbert. Nostalgic, bittersweet, and perfect for this story's end.

Honestly this was such an impressive ending, when stories have such consistently outstanding content throughout the ending tends to come across as par for its course or underwhelming, but MochiJun is truly the master.

I told myself I wouldn't cry and what do I do, I cry. Tears were running down my face almost the whole chapter not just because of the bittersweet ending but because I knew it was the last chapter. While I haven't been reading this series as long as many other fans, it meant a lot to me. And now it's done. Goddam it. Damn it, damn it, damn it.

Okay so moving on from the sentimental rant, this chapter was beautiful. It was so sad but so sweet and the ending was just...omg (/~) Gorgeous art to accompany a gorgeous ending. This entire series was amazing and I'm going to miss it more than I can say. Thank you, Mochizuki Jun, for this incredible series. I look forward to your next work.

The "dream" at the start was so sweet and full of happiness until Oz's face of "this isn't reality" D:Echo was so damn cute <3<3

The way she gave hope for Oz and Alice to stay then "The core just extended our time a bit so we can say our farewells" was so cruel ;_;

Duke Barma being so happy that he's finally gonna marry his love just to die 3 years later OTL

Vincent not ending up with Ada and then dying in Gil's arms like that after everyone pretty much died from the passage of time...leaving Gil alone )':

Dat Ending tho! Oz and Gil's reunion was just so beautiful :*)

The art in this series overall is great but this chap in particular was absolutely mouth watering! Oz's face of farewell along with Alice and the starry sky as well as the reunion scene...so much divine art!

10/10 and needs a Brotherhood with 64 eps at least! If this series gets a proper adaption it'll easily be top5 material on MAL.